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Simplify Stable Income ETF

$23.42-0.21% today
232452-WK

he Fund's investment adviser seeks to fulfill the fund's investment objective by using two income strategies: (1) an interest income strategy and (2) an income generating option strategy. The fund invests primarily in interest income producing U.S. Treasury securities such as bills, notes, and bonds and fixed income ETFs that invest primarily in U.S. Treasuries. To generate additional income, the fund employs an option spread writing strategy on equity ETFs and fixed income ETFs.

Price & daily flows
23.723.523.423.42DAILY NET FLOWFeb 19Apr 21Jun 22Aug 21

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 6M SHOWN · NET +$8M OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money keeps arriving — +$8M of net buying over the past month, about 1.6% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned -1.4% so far this year. At 0.35% a year it is not the cheapest way in — IJH runs the same ground at 0.05%.

COMPOSED FROM THE FUND’S OWN DAILY RECORDS · UPDATED WITH EACH REFRESH

$507Massets under management
0.35%expense ratio · $35 per $10,000 a year
+$8Mnet flow, trailing month
190Kavg daily volume, 30 days
6holdings · US-domiciled
2022listed October 26, 2022 · beta 0.02
Sector weights
Government100.01%
Other100%
Cash & Others100%
Cash1.59%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
Other100%
United States100%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-0.0%
1 month-0.2%
3 months-0.7%
6 months-1.1%
YTD-1.4%
1 year-1.8%
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week+$8M
1 month+$8M
3 months+$8M
YTD+$8M
1 year+$8M

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

The risk read
3%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
3%realized volatility, 1 year
-2.9%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-2.5%where it sits vs. that peak today

VOLATILITY & DRAWDOWN FROM THE DAILY TAPE · CONCENTRATION FROM THE LATEST DISCLOSED BOOK

Options tape
calls today
puts today
put/call ratio
145Kshares traded
The case against BUCK

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat BUCK on at least one dimension that matters — the fee, the asset base, or where the money is going.

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
STIP iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond ETF0.03%$16B+$288M-32bp on fee · 32× the assets · +$288M in over the monthHead-to-head
MBB iShares MBS ETF0.04%$39B+$26M-31bp on fee · 77× the assets · +$26M in over the monthHead-to-head
IJH iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF0.05%$128.4B+$547M-30bp on fee · 253× the assets · +$547M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$23.4B+$520M-31bp on fee · 46× the assets · +$520M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGIB iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$18.7B+$312M-31bp on fee · 37× the assets · +$312M in over the monthHead-to-head
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